Change of Grave Goods in the Middle 11th–13th Centuries in the Burial Grounds in the Lower Vetluga Area
Journal Title: Поволжская Археология - Year 2017, Vol 1, Issue 19
Abstract
The author examines changing patterns in the decoration set and metal elements of costume traceable by materials offered by the Old Mari burial grounds in the Lower Vetluga area and the neighboring Volga area starting from the middle 11th century. This process reflects trade and cultural contacts of the Lower Vetluga population in the middle of 11th – 13th centuries. The analysis of grave goods from a number of medieval Mari burial grounds in the Lower Vetluga, such as Vyzhum II, Vyzhum III, Dubovo, Rutka, Pochinok, Rusenikha, allowed distinguishing some artefacts originating from the territory of the Old Rus’ and more remote western territories: Finland, Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea zone. The dating and the analogies support the Old Russian origin of the majority of these artefacts. The study allowed linking some types of decoration to certain territories and tribes of the Northern Rus’ and identify their main production centers.
Authors and Affiliations
Alexander Akilbaev
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP172676
- DOI https://doi.org/10.24852/pa2017.1.19.298.310
- Views 98
- Downloads 0
Reconstruction of Female Costume From the Elite Burial Ground Taksay-I: a View of the Archaeologist
The article presents a reconstruction of the female costume from the central grave of barrow no. 6 of the early Sarmatian burial ground Taksay-I (Western Kazakhstan). The author examines some key elements of the costume:...
Composition of Metal Fibulae from the Middle Kama Region (based on the materials of the Udmurt State University collection)
The paper presents the results of the non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of a group of fibulae from the burial grounds of the Kama-Vyatka region. Because of bad condition, it was possible to establish the compos...
Anniversary of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Moscow Section of the Russian / State Academy for the History of Material Culture
The paper is dedicated to the initial period of establishment of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences associated with the activity of the Moscow section of the Russian / State Academy for the H...
Postcranial Skeleton Morphology of the Population of Bolgar (by materials from dig CXCI)
The article characterizes a series of postcranial skeletons of a population group from Bolgar settlement dated by the Golden Horde time. The anthropological material was obtained during archaeological excavations in the...
Words of congratulation on the jubilee (R. F. Sharifullin’s 65th birth anniversary)
The article is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Rafind Fuatovich Sharifullin, one of the leading archaeologists of Tatarstan, a renowned specialist in the history of construction and architecture of the Volga Bulgari...